All Chapters of MY LITTLE PRINCE (MxM): Chapter 31 - Chapter 33

The judge’s final words didn't register. They didn't need to. They were just the predictable, bureaucratic period at the end of a sentence I had spent six months writing.Across the aisle, the opposing counsel looked like a man who had survived a car crash only to realize his insurance had lapsed. His client had the dazed, hyperventilating expression of the newly pardoned. I didn't smile. I didn't congratulate myself. I simply closed my manila folder with a single, sharp motion.Another victory. Another fire extinguished. Another afternoon spent scrubbing the blood and stupidity off someone else’s hands."Congratulations, Mr. Romanov."A junior associate offered me a nervous, desperate-to-impress smile as he held open the heavy wooden door. I didn't slow down. I gave him a microscopic nod, just enough to acknowledge he was taking up physical space, and stepped out into the echoing marble corridor.The elevator doors hadn't even finished closing before the phone in my breast pocket beg

IVAN'S POVThe penthouse office smells of stale espresso and my father’s impending stroke.For forty-eight hours, the Romanov empire has been operating on pure, unadulterated chaos. My older brother, Nikolai, the golden boy who was supposed to shoulder the weight of this family, went and got himself married out of nowhere. No warning. No strategic alliance. Just a sudden, reckless leap that left the family business fractured and my father absolutely unhinged.And Jeremy has completely checked out to deal with his new obsession towards his secretary, the entire weight of the firm has dropped squarely onto my shoulders. I’ve been pulling consecutive night shifts, drowning in spreadsheets, and cleaning up the collateral damage of my father's rage. Three of our top executives resigned this morning alone after getting shredded in the boardroom, and to top it all off, a massive legal case just landed on my desk, threatening to blow a hole through our latest acquisition.By midnight, the wal